BYD Electric Transit Bus Delivers 155 Miles Of Range In Quebec Test

While its U.S. operations are facing some challenges, BYD's electric bus has been racking up test miles on Canadian roads.

Canadian transit agencies have completed the first phase of a 10-month trial of a 40-foot BYD electric bus on roads between Gatineau, Québec, and Ottawa Ontario, according to Green Car Congress (via ChargedEVs).

So far, the bus has lived up to the Chinese electric carmaker's claims.

In the test--conducted by the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) and AVT, a consortium of Québec's nine transit agencies--the bus achieved 155 miles of range, performing as advertised.

After displaying it at the 2009 and 2010 Detroit Auto Shows, BYD decided not to sell the e6 to U.S. consumers (although it may still make it here as a fleet vehicles) in part because it was having enough trouble selling it to customers in its home country.